This hit home for me.....what about u?

Relic

Voice of Illmuzik Radio
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Battle Points: 83
LOL^ You had me for a sec...
This thread does need to pick back up though...There was good convo goin on that just stopped which is indicative of the problem...

So now they got the four guys who did this and yeah so far they are all black guys , so thats 5 guys now gone in total and for what? We still dont know...
 

LDB

Banned
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Battle Points: 73
LOL^ You had me for a sec...
This thread does need to pick back up though...There was good convo goin on that just stopped which is indicative of the problem...

So now they got the fur guys who did this and yeah so far they are all black guys , so thats 5 guys now gone in total and for what? We still dont know...

Word...one loses his life and 4 others life will never be the same. Oh, and they're not done arresting folk...the dude or dudes that set it all up are still out there. There coming to get them next.
 

dacalion

Hands Of FIRE!
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You know its gonna be somthing stupid like - he owed them some money or they were just robbing him and ish went sour. Whatever the reason, the mea will have a field day on it when they find out.

MOF
 

skidflow

Boom Bap is precious art
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Battle Points: 220
well while i agree with whats said we have to look at the reasons why are communitites are in such bad shap.. most of the problems effecting african americans are not new.. (poverty, education,access to resources,economic empowerment) these have been around for hundreds of years W.E.B debouis addressed most of these issues in his book "souls of black folks" and that was almost 100 years ago

Here is the real question we need to ask ourselves as African Americans

how is it that other immgrant groups, like jews, italians, hispanic's,Africans, mexicans and west indians,Can immgrate to this country and face "most" of the same econmic disadvantages that afro-americans face.. but yet manage to move up a grab a piece of the american dream. While african americans still fall behind.. Every other immgrant group that has migrated to this country has managed to lepfrog us... even other groups of african decent(west indians and africans)

Why?

This is the million dollar question.....

I feel if you answer this you answer the problems in our communitity....

I ask myself the same thing...I mean when a corner store closes in the hood its not another "brother" that opens up the spot, its always a foreigner.I'm not hating because the cats that run the store is cool people reguardless the race, but there has to be something behind this. I think it has to do with American culture in general. Most cultures put family first, reguardless of what goes down. I think I heard a African dude say' "we support our children until they become successfull, not until they turn 18". Hearing this made me realize one of the problems that American society has. Some Americans can't wait until their kids turn 18 so they can...well, "take that life long trip around the world" or "stop paying child support". We just have that throw away attitude. When other families come to this country, they stick together until everyone is str8...for example "A person may lend money to another "brother, cousin, uncle etc." just to get a business started. They look at it as an investment for the whole unit. See in America today...the family unit has been destroyed since the early 80's...thats the last time I remember sitting down eating dinner with fam on a daily basis. Yeah the root of the problem stems from the ways of American society. As far as the "black on black" crime that goes down...well it saddens me because, me being an enlightened brother I can see right thru these cats that commit these acts. They're scared, they feel that being tough and acting "gangster" compensates for their lack of education on "life" in general. It also lets one know that parental guidance was missing throughout the young persons life. As far as hip hop being part of the problem...I agree because in the mid 80's everyone that rapped had some sort of contious subject matter...this movement sparked a love in the people that the powers that be could not stand, so a plan was set to "poison" the musics (hip hop) content. I'm sorry to say..."WE FUCKED NOW AND WE STILL SLEEPING" God is not gonna help until you help yourself because thats where he is...INSIDE YOU!!! But when you come from a culture of slavery and your'e constantly being reminded of that, it causes the the black man to feel helpless. They sure dont teach you about your greatness in American Public schools. Thats why parents have to school they're children in unconditional love so a sense of enlightenment will visit the children. But I'ma shut up because its no answer to this shit until the people stop negotiating with the "machine" and start fighting that muthafucka. YES SOME WILL HAVE TO DIE IN THE PROCESS...YOU READY?
 

LDB

Banned
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^^^^^^^^^^^^Militant in nature but yet it's real talk!!!! Props Skid!^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
 

Krazyfingaz

ILLIEN
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There's a reason I call them the Black KKK. The pain, the fear and the destruction are all the same.

Someone who loved Sean Taylor is crying right now. The life they knew has been destroyed, an 18-month-old baby lost her father, and, if you're a black man living in America, you've been reminded once again that your life is in constant jeopardy of violent death.

The Black KKK claimed another victim, a high-profile professional football player with a checkered past this time.

No, we don't know for certain the circumstances surrounding Taylor's death. I could very well be proven wrong for engaging in this sort of aggressive speculation. But it's no different than if you saw a fat man fall to the ground clutching his chest. You'd assume a heart attack, and you'd know, no matter the cause, the man needed to lose weight.

Well, when shots are fired and a black man hits the pavement, there's every statistical reason to believe another black man pulled the trigger. That's not some negative, unfair stereotype. It's a reality we've been living with, tolerating and rationalizing for far too long.

When the traditional, white KKK lynched, terrorized and intimidated black folks at a slower rate than its modern-day dark-skinned replacement, at least we had the good sense to be outraged and in no mood to contemplate rationalizations or be fooled by distractions.

Our new millennium strategy is to pray the Black KKK goes away or ignores us. How's that working?

About as well as the attempt to shift attention away from this uniquely African-American crisis by focusing on an alleged injustice the white media allegedly perpetrated against Sean Taylor.

Within hours of his death, there was a story circulating that members of the black press were complaining that news outlets were disrespecting Taylor's victimhood by reporting on his troubled past

No disrespect to Taylor, but he controlled the way he would be remembered by the way he lived. His immature, undisciplined behavior with his employer, his run-ins with law enforcement, which included allegedly threatening a man with a loaded gun, and the fact a vehicle he owned was once sprayed with bullets are all pertinent details when you've been murdered.

Marcellus Wiley, a former NFL player, made the radio circuit Wednesday, singing the tune that athletes are targets. That was his explanation for the murders of Taylor and Broncos cornerback Darrent Williams and the armed robberies of NBA players Antoine Walker and Eddy Curry.

Really?

Let's cut through the bull(manure) and deal with reality. Black men are targets of black men. Period. Go check the coroner's office and talk with a police detective. These bullets aren't checking W-2s.

Rather than whine about white folks' insensitivity or reserve a special place of sorrow for rich athletes, we'd be better served mustering the kind of outrage and courage it took in the 1950s and 1960s to stop the white KKK from hanging black men from trees.

But we don't want to deal with ourselves. We take great joy in prescribing medicine to cure the hate in other people's hearts. Meanwhile, our self-hatred, on full display for the world to see, remains untreated, undiagnosed and unrepentant.

Our self-hatred has been set to music and reinforced by a pervasive culture that promotes a crab-in-barrel mentality.

You're damn straight I blame hip hop for playing a role in the genocide of American black men. When your leading causes of death and dysfunction are murder, ignorance and incarceration, there's no reason to give a free pass to a culture that celebrates murder, ignorance and incarceration.

Of course there are other catalysts, but until we recapture the minds of black youth, convince them that it's not OK to "super man dat ho" and end any and every dispute by "cocking on your bitch," nothing will change.

Does a Soulja Boy want an education?

HBO did a fascinating documentary on Little Rock Central High School, the Arkansas school that required the National Guard so that nine black kids could attend in the 1950s. Fifty years later, the school is one of the nation's best in terms of funding and educational opportunities. It's 60 percent black and located in a poor black community.

Watch the documentary and ask yourself why nine poor kids in the '50s risked their lives to get a good education and a thousand poor black kids today ignore the opportunity that is served to them on a platter.

Blame drugs, blame Ronald Reagan, blame George Bush, blame it on the rain or whatever. There's only one group of people who can change the rotten, anti-education, pro-violence culture our kids have adopted. We have to do it.

According to reports, Sean Taylor had difficulty breaking free from the unsavory characters he associated with during his youth.

The "keepin' it real" mantra of hip hop is in direct defiance to evolution. There's always someone ready to tell you you're selling out if you move away from the immature and dangerous activities you used to do, you're selling out if you speak proper English, embrace education, dress like a grown man, do anything mainstream.

The Black KKK is enforcing the same crippling standards as its parent organization. It wants to keep black men in their place — uneducated, outside the mainstream and six feet deep.

In all likelihood, the Black Klan and its mentality buried Sean Taylor, and any black man or boy reading this could be next.

From begining to end I have no squobs with this post. People mainly those of us of African decent need to wake the fuck up. GREAT POST SKID!!!!!
 
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